Shrove Tuesday!

In a city in England there is a race where people have to run down the street with a pancake in a pan. They have to flip it tree times in the race. This race has been going on for about 500 years.

Christians celebrate pancake day to be more like Jesus when he stayed in a desert for forty days and forty nights. They tend to not eat dairy products,meat or sweets so they do not eat rich foods. This is called Lent. Lent finishes on Good Friday which is March 28th 2013.